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“The actions whereby we demonstrate that we truly do love God and our neighbor as ourselves will rarely be such as to attract the gaze and admiration of the world,” President Thomas S. Monson has said. “Usually our love will be shown in our day-to-day associations with one other.”

Understanding Heavenly Father’s plan will answer many questions young single adults have about marriage, Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said in a historic telecast that included 1,357 young single adults in 29 countries throughout the Caribbean area. Young single adults had the unique opportunity to pose questions in person or by telephone and to receive answers from a member of the Quorum of the Twelve and other Church leaders.

“Marriage is the shelter where families are created,” President Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles says. “Marriage is yet safe, with all its sweet fulfillment, with all its joy and love. In marriage all of the worthy yearnings of the human soul, all that is physical and emotional and spiritual, can be fulfilled.”

The attached video is the second of two examples of how to apply what Elder L. Tom Perry of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles teaches about rescuing those who need the full presence of the gospel in their lives.

When Elder M. Russell Ballard and Elder Neil L. Andersen of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles visited Brazil recently, they were deeply impressed by the strength of the nation, the strength of the Church, and the faithfulness of the members.

Prophets and apostles taught Church leaders about priesthood, family, and related gospel doctrines and principles during the annual worldwide leadership training broadcast on February 11, 2012. Elder Dallin H. Oaks of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles conducted the meeting.

Young adults, youth, and children are the future of the Church, and when Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles met with members in Australia and New Zealand recently, he urged parents and leaders to be careful when interacting with them.

“In the work of the Lord, we all learn one great lesson: Each of us stands tall on the shoulders of giants who preceded us,” Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said during a jubilee to commemorate 50 years of missionary training. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles was also present and spoke prior to Elder Nelson’s address.